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Trias
| Issuer | Segesta (Sicily) |
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| Year | 420 BC |
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| Weight | 8.14 g |
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| Obverse description | Bare head of a local nymph facing right, her hair swept back and secured with a taenia (hair-band), with loose locks falling at the nape of the neck; a necklace is visible at the base of the bust. The portrait is rendered in a fine Sicilian Greek style within a beaded border, with the field plain and uninscribed. |
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| Reverse description | A hound advancing to the right, depicted in a naturalistic stance above an exergual line; four pellets arranged around the hound serve as the mark of value denoting the trias, equivalent to one-quarter of a litra. The reverse field is otherwise plain and uninscribed. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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